What Does Phil Jackson Want?

By

Jason Gay

Updated March 10, 2014 5:52 p.m. ET

I wish I could be Phil Jackson, even just for a few hours, because I would like to know what it's like to ask for anything, and get it. Is there anything Jackson could ask for, and the New York Knicks wouldn't hurriedly vow to deliver? Phil Jackson could ask for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays off, and the Knicks would agree, telling him to take Tuesdays and Thursdays, too. Phil Jackson could ask to work from home, and for the Knicks to build him that home. Jackson could ask for his mega salary to be paid all in singles; the Knicks would merrily count it all out. He could request a dolphin, a unicorn, a dolphin...